Research Director at Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement. Awarded SAARC Doctoral Fellowship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India.He is also a researcher at South Asian Studies, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He has been a regular and visiting faculty at different universities in Nepal (Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu University, Pokhara University and Army Command and Staff College) and China (China Foreign Affairs University, Fudan University, Tongji University, and Qinghai University of Nationalities).